Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

“I fear John Knox’s prayers more than an army of ten thousand men.” — Mary, Queen of Scotland We find the story of King Jehoshaphat in the books of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament. He ...

Prayer is not an opportunity to make demands on God, a guarantee against suffering or an opportunity to show off. Speaker Lois Le Duff addressed misconceptions of prayer before sharing inspiring words ...

If there is any voluntary activity that Nigerians are preoccupied with daily, it is prayer. Everyone across the various religious spectrums believes he knows how to pray and spends a considerable part ...

Amid the ongoing anti-Israel protests on college campuses across America plus the continued conflicts in the Middle East, an Auburn, Washington-based pastor is stressing the importance of prayer even ...

This is Spanish artist Juan van der Hamen’s depiction of John the Baptist in prayer. Van der Hamen lived from 1596-1631. (Courtesy Photo) Experiencing the power of prayer stems from pursuing an ...

Group prayers. We've all gotten those emails, heard the pleas on television or sat in a baseball stadium and participated in a moment of silence. Do these communal prayers have added power? Does God ...

Intercessory prayer does not work, according to the empirical evidence; indeed, it should not work lest we allow for the suspension of natural law by divine intervention. Masters et al. (2006) ...

James 5:16-18 NKJV reads, “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with ...